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It's not so much that it's a good UI, as that it's better for some users than one with: 1) A set of rotating toolbars full of icons that are just as confusing,
by amalcon 14y ago
It's not so much that it's a good UI, as that it's better for some users than one with:
1) A set of rotating toolbars full of icons that are just as confusing, though they are arranged better by default
2) No discoverable keyboard interface (Alt-menu access doesn't work without menus)
It's a preference thing. I don't think either one is strictly better UI; it just depends on the user's preferred interaction modes.
- pgeorgi 14y agoPress Alt in a ribbon UI, and the UI gives you a stable multi-level hotkey set: http://imgur.com/ZYaxc,xQiiK,2WbYk,VVW0S http://imgur.com/ZYaxc,xQiiK,2WbYk,VVW0S - this is when pressing alt, r ("start menu"), au ("auswählen" = select), f ("fangen" = catch - the icon for "select" changes in the last picture). You can move backward using ESC, too: "alt-r, au, esc, esc, a" puts you in the "Ansicht" (view) ribbon. Once in "alt-mode" it always shows you what you can do, and how.